Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2503710 Geography, Environmental Management and Spatial Planning | FB | 1 | 1 |
It is a 1st year subject, therefore no special prerequisite is required. It is recommended to be a little informed of national and international news, especially the economic, political, socia and ecological news.
In other words, read from time to time the general press, watch some TV shows, listen to some radio gatherings, social networks (i. e. Twitter), etc.
Context: In order to integrate knowledge of economics in relation to Geography, this subject has to be understood as another instrument for the interpretation of the territory, even if it does not seem so at first.
That is why we try to maintain certain "bridges" with other subjects of the Degree Plan, such as: "Geographical views of the world" (1st year), "Society, territory and environment in Catalonia" (2nd year),
"Urban Policies: Housing, Neighbourhoods and Transport" (3th year) or " Geography of inequalities "," Local and territorial development " and "Cities, globalization and sustainability "(4th year).
The subject is aimed at introducing the basic conceptual foundations related to the economic dimension of globalization (you can see the more specific contents in the section "Contents").
The objectives are:
Contents:
This subject is an introduction to the basic concepts of economic analysis and to some of the implications of the economy, both territorially and from the point of view of sustainability.
More specifically, and after a first introductory block that focuses on the most immediate economic news and reflected by different media (basically social networks, digital press and some media),
the program of the subject is divided into a series of blocks whose content is structured around a few key and related concepts.
Some of the key concepts that have to structure the contents of the subject are: money, market, competition, public debt, inflation, unemployment, social democracy, Gini coefficient, communism, energy poverty, vulnerability, globalization, taxhaven,happiness, well-being, gentrification, resort, slow philosophy, economy of the common good, decrease, etc.
In the Moodle will publish a schedule that will indicate the dates of explanation of each block as well as the dates of delivery and completion of the different exercises that are part of the evaluation.
The language of the Moodle and of explanation in the classroom will be Catalan and only in the exceptional case that there is a significant number of foreign students in the group, the option of switching to Spanish can be considered. This does not exclude that students can express themselves in Catalan or Spanish in the classroom and write their exercises in one or another language.
The formative activities of this subject are the following:
(*) Atention: the teaching methodology proposed here may undergo some modification depending on the restrictions on attendance imposed by the health authorities.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Explanation of subject topics | 45 | 1.8 | 1, 3, 4, 6, 5 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Study work and individually tutored practices | 30 | 1.2 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 5 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Monitoring of the economic news | 15 | 0.6 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 5 |
Performing evaluation tasks | 43.25 | 1.73 | 1, 3, 4, 6, 5 |
Study for the exam | 15 | 0.6 | 6, 5 |
The evaluation will be done continuously and the knowledge will be evaluated following the following criteria:
(*) Attention! The evaluation proposed in the guide may undergo some modification subject to the onsite teaching restrictions imposed by health authorities.
On the other hand, we must take into accountthe following aspects:
Requirements to be evaluated:
Re-evaluation process:
The evaluation process must always consider re-evaluation systems. However, it must be taken into account that:
Attention: 1. In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
2. The copy or plagiarism of material, both in the case of work and exams,constitute a crime that will be sanctioned with a zero in the activity. In case of recidivism the entire subject will be suspended. Remember that ajob that reproduces all
or a large part of another student's work is considered a "copy". The "plagiarism" is the fact of presenting all or part of an author's text as his own, without citing the sources, whether onpaper or in digital format.
You can consult the UAB documentation on "plagiarism" at this link: http://wuster.uab.es/web_argumenta_obert/unit_20/sot_2_01.html.
3. In the event that tests or exams cannot be taken onsite, they willbe adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussion on Teams, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Exam | 50% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 5 |
Oral presentation | 10% | 0.25 | 0.01 | 2, 6 |
Reports (4) | 40% (10% each) | 0 | 0 | 2, 6, 5 |
This subject does not include any mandatory bibliography. In any case, some references are recommended as a guide:
ALBARRACÍN, Jesús (1991). La economía de mercado, Madrid, ed. Trolta.
BAÑOS, Antoni (2012). Post economia. Hacia un capitalismo feudal, Barcelona, ed. Libros del Lince.
BERMEJO, Roberto (1994). Manual para una economía ecológica, Madrid, ed. Los Libros de la Catarata.
CARRASCO, Cristina (2016). Sostenibilidad de la vida y ceguera patriarcal. Una reflexión necesaria, ATLÁNTICAS – Revista Internacional de Estudios Feministas, 2016, 1, 1, 34-57.
CASALS, Muriel i Montse SOLSONA (2008). La immigració, un motor econòmic. Reflexions entorn de l’impacte de la població estrangera en l’economia catalana, ed. Caixa de Sabadell-Fundació Jaume Bofill.
COWEN, Tyler (2008). Descobreix l’economista que portes dins. Consells pràctics per fer-te la vida més fàcil, Barcelona, ed. Columna.
D’ALISA, Giacomo; Federico DEMARIA i Giorgos KALLIS (Editors) (2015). Decrecimiento. Vocabulario para una nueva era. Barcelona, ed. Icària.
De SEBASTIÁN, Luís (2007). Antologia breu de termes econòmics, Barcelona, ed. Cristianisme i Justícia.
EKAIZER, Ernesto (2012). Indecentes. Crónica de un atraco perfecto, Barcelona, ed. Espasa.
ESTEFANÍA, Joaquín (2003). La cara oculta de la prosperidad, Madrid, ed. Taurus.
ETXEZARRETA, Mirem (2021). La mochila austriaca. Qué supone el modelo de pensiones e indemnizaciones de la derecha europea, Barcelona, Icaria Editorial.
FELBER, Christian (2014). L’economia del bé comú, Barcelona, Miret Editorial.
FLORES, María Victoria (2016). "La globalización como fenómeno político, económico y social", Orbis - RevistaCientífica Electrónica de Ciencias Humanas, vol. 34, pp. 26-41 (https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/709/70946593002.pdf).
GALBRAITH, John. Kenneth i Nicole SALINGER (1980). Introducción a la economía, una guía para todoso casi, Barcelona, ed. Crítica.
GALLEGO, Juan Ramon i José NÁCHER (coords.) (2001). Elementos básicos de economía: un enfoque institucional, València, ed. Tirant lo Blanch.
HEILBRONER, Robert L. i Lester C. THUROW (1982). Introducció a l'Economia, Barcelona, ed. Empúries.
HERNÁNDEZ, Vicente (2010). La gallina de los huevos de oro ... puedes ser tu. Aprende a ahorrar, a invertir y a multiplicar tu dinero, Barcelona, ed. Gestión 2000.
HONORÉ, Carl (2019). Bolder. Making the most of longer lives, London, ed. Simon & Schuster.
KALLIS, Giorgios (2018). Degrowth. The Economy: key Ideas, Newcastle upon Tyne, ed. Agenda Publishing.
KRUGMAN, Paul; Robin WELLS i Kathryn GRADDY (2013). Fonaments d’economia, Barcelona, ed. Reverte.
LATOUCHE, Serge (2014). Límite, Buenos Aires, ed. Adriana Hidalgo.
MANKIW, Nicholas Gregory (2002). Principios de Economía, ed. Mc Graw Hill.
MARTINEZ ALIER, Joan i Jordi ROCA. (2001), Economía ecológica y política ambiental, México, ed. Fondo de Cultura Económica.
MOCHÓN, Francisco. (1998). Economia bàsica, ed. Mc. Graw-Hill.
MOLTÓ, Tomás (2001). Materiales de economia política, Madrid, ed. Ariel.
NIÑO-BECERRA, Santiago (2019). El crash. Tercera fase, Barcelona, Roca Editorial.
OLIVERES, Arcadi (2005). Contra la fam i la guerra, Barcelona, ed. Angle Editorial.
PARNREITER, Christof (2018). Geografía económica. Una introducción contemporánea, México, ed. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. (https://fiona.uni-hamburg.de/e2bfe5e6/parnreiter-2018-geografiaeconomica.pdf)
PASTOR, Alfredo (2007). La ciencia humilde. Economía para ciudadanos, Barcelona, ed. Crítica.
PÉREZ OROZCO, Amaia (2014). Subversión feminista de la economía. Aportes para un debate sobre el conflicto capital-vida, Madrid, ed. Traficantes de Sueños.
PIKETTY, Thomas (2014). Elcapital al segle XXI, Barcelona, ed. RBA.
RUÍZ, Clemente (2015). Crisis y rediseño del capitalismo en el siglo xxi, Universidad Autónoma de Baja california (México), ed. Miguel Àngel Porrúa.
SALA i MARTIN, Xavier (2002). Economia liberal per a no economistes i no liberals, Barcelona, ed. Pòrtic.
SAMUELSON, Paul Anthony (1973). Curso deEconomia Moderna, Madrid, ed. Aguilar.
SOLANA, Antonio Miguel (coord.) (2016): Espacios globales y lugares próximos. Setenta conceptos para entender la organización territorial del capitalismo global, Barcelona, Icaria.
STIGLITZ, Joseph E. (1995). Economía, Madrid, ed. Ariel Economía.
TORRES, Juan (2000). Economía política, Madrid, ed. Pirámide.
None specific, it is assumed that students already have a certain mastery in the most commonly used office tools and programs (in this case, a word processor and a presentation program).